Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-15
FIFTIETH CNoGRESs.
A Large Number. or Communications
and Petitions.
Among Hills Introduced is One by
senator Wilson for the Relief OF
the River Land Settiers.
SENATE

SENATE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 0. Harris suggest.
cd that bills and memories might be in
troduced and referred Hom opposed
the proposition stating that II was an
ancient custom Of the Senate not to en-
ter upon any ordinary business until after
hearing the communication from the
President at the beginning Of the session.
That was o mark of respect due from the
legislative department of the Government
to the Executive. He therefore moved n
recess for an hour. Motion agreed to.
After the recess had been extended for a
quarter If an hour longer, Morrill, re-
ported that the Joint committee appointed
to wait upon the President had per.
formed its duty and had been informed
that the President would imme.
dmtely communicate with Congress in
writing Thercupon several messages were
presented by the Presidents private sec
rotary. McCook. Secretary of the Senate,
commenced reading the presidents mes
sage, which was finished at 1:3O, after
which adjournment was taken,
HOUSE,
Cox. OF New York, chairman on the
Committee to Inform the President of the
Organization of the house, reported the
committee had performed its duty and
lhat the President would communicate
with the house forthwith. Several amend
ments TO the rules were submitted. 4
1920 recess was taken fer twenty ,ainp' es
and the time subsequently eX,rndel to
l:l0. At the expiration OF the recess,
Pruden, the Presidents private Secretary
appeared at the Car of the House with
the Presidents annual message and its
reading was Immediately began. Afte'
the reading Of the message adjournmc.t
was taken until Thursday,
@ SENATE
WASHINGTON. Dec Tin the Senate
after the presentation OF various com.
munications from the heads Of Depart
mcnts aud Courts of Claims. Cullom re-
marked the rule was that when bills are
introduced before the committees are ap-
pointed to leave such bills I'm the table
and that II created unnecessary work, and
he therefore, moved that the Senate adj
iourn, but he withdrew the motion tenn
porarily to permit Plumb to offer reso-
luton calling on tho Commissioners Of
Agriculture for information MS to whether
any person in the employment Of that
Department, making experiments as to
the manufacture Of sugar from lorghum,
had obtained OF applied for patent or
patents connected with such manufacture
and growing out of such experiments.
The re$oluti IN was adopted. Farwell
asked his colleague to Withdraw his mo-
tion so as to allow him to introduce bill
to perpetuate the National Bank System.
Cullom declined. aud at 1920 the Senate
adjourned.
SENATE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.--After the read.
ing of the journal and the presentation
of a few department communications, the
Senate on motion of Senator Farwell ad-
journed until Monday
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House the
annual reports of the Secretary OF the
Treasury and the Attorney General and
Clerk Of the House.
TIE Committee on Mileage was an.
nounced as follows: Rogers Ark. Belden,
New York; Howard. Ind. Burnett, Mass,
and FELTON,, Gala
A number of resolutions providing for
the amendment of the rules of the House
were offered and referred.
The House then adjourned until Mon
day.
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.--The President
today sent to the Senate large number
nominations. They were nearly all APP
pDintments made during the recess. and
In most cases the nominees are already in
Office. Amongthe bills introduced in the
Senate tot day was one by Farwell to reg
ulale immigration.
Senator Wilson introduced u bill for
the relief of the Des Mnine- river land
settlers. and also bills making appropria-
iions for the erection of public buildings
at Sioux City and Fort Dodge, for tn,
establishment OF international arbitration,
for the construction of foot pass:nge,
and wagon road bridge over the Missis
sippi at Burlington. and for the amend.
mcnt of sections two and four of the
interstate commerce law. one of the
amendments proposed being 10 repeal
the provision which authorizes the Com
missioncrs to suspend the long and short
haul clause. He also proposes to strike
out where 1t occurs. the words under
precisely similar circumstances
HOUSE.
A number of executive communica
tons, principally relative to private land
claims in New Mexico, were laid before
the House by the Speaker and appropri
ately referred Springer of Illinois, pre-.
sented petition OF Owen c. Chase, VIII
claims he was elected delegate for the
territory Of Cimaron, commonly known
as the Public Landstrip.'
Immediately after adjournment of the
House the Republicans met in caucus and
selected the following representatives to
serve on the committee Of elections:
Romell, OF Illinois; Houk, of Tennessee;
Cooper, of Ohio; Johnson, Of Indiana,
and Lodge, of Massachusetts.